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The Governor and Soldiers.
GOVERNOR. And since now this fair pretence, / This hypocritical deceit, / In my power at last doth lie, / Wherefore my revenge postpone / For the sorrows I have known / Through her fault? Yes, she shall die / By the bloody headsman's hand. / [To a Soldier. / Bring her hither in my name. / Let her punishment and shame / Be a terror to the land. / Let the palace she thought sweet / But her scaffold scene present. / [Exit the Soldier with others.